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Canadians for Democracy in Chile fonds
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Administration Records

Series consists of membership rosters, mailing and contact lists, committee rosters, minutes of meetings, and other materials reflecting day-to-day operations of C.D.C. organizers and volunteers. Series also contains press releases and other publicity materials issued by C.D.C., blank letterhead, a register of letters received, and some correspondence.

Bulletin

Series consists of two duplicate copies of the C.D .C . newsletter, <i>Bulletin</i>, dated Nov. 1973. While the newsletter was issued periodically, series only contains these two copies of the first issue .

Canadians for Democracy in Chile fonds

  • RBSC-ARC-1112
  • Fonds
  • 1971-1998; predominant 1973-1989

The fonds consists of administrative records, correspondence, publications, newspaper clippings, and educational and promotional materials related to the operations of the Canadians for Democracy in Chile (C.D.C.) and its relationships with various domestic (Canadian) and international organizations. Records reflect the C.D.C.’s functions as a public information resource and activist organization and its close working relationship with the Vancouver Chile Association and various labour organizations. C.D.C. also regularly corresponded with provincial and federal Canadian government offices concerning Canada’s relationship with Chile, particularly its economic relationship. Contents include: posters, leaflets, and other promotional materials for events, conference, and boycotts; published materials (including editions of Chile News, newsletters, and bound copies of conference and UN proceedings); newspaper clippings about activism, Chilean refugees in Canada, and conditions in Chile; correspondence; administrative records; and event photographs.

Canadians for Democracy in Chile

C.D.C Press Releases & Project Records & Resolutions

File consists of press releases, letters to editors, resolutions taken at meetings, and open letters from C.D.C. to the Canadian parliament, Canadian cabinet ministers, the Prime Minister of Canada, the United Nations, the Chilean Embassy in Ottawa, and several Chilean government officials in Santiago. File also contains some pamphlets and flyers, and some correspondence.

Clippings

Series consists of newspaper articles, many of them without attribution of source, used for reference purposes. Material generally pertains to contemporary politics and human rights conditions in Chile, or in Latin America more broadly. The C.D.C. classified newspaper clippings chronologically to some extent, although not consistently.

Conferences

Series consists of registration, booking, financial, and promotional records pertaining to C.D.C. participation in and co-sponsorship of various conferences on contemporary affairs in Chile. Records reflect C.D.C. relations with co-sponsoring bodies, including Amnesty International, the Fraser Valley Peace Committee, the MacKenzie Papineau Battalion Veterans, the Communist Party of Canada, and several labour unions, among others. Contents include invitations to participate, speaker notes, participant notes, itineraries, and travel and other financial records related to participation.

Correspondence

Series consists of letters sent and received, pertaining to topics including fundraising, membership, liaising with other organizations, and various Canadian provincial and federal government offices. Correspondents include sponsors, contributing members, members of the BC and Federal Canadian governments, members of the Chilean government (frequently Pinochet himself and various Ministers), the United Nations (General Assembly), various BC and international labour unions, and other activist groups concerned with human rights and political issues in Latin America. Creator classified correspondence according to reception or dispatch, and, to some extent, chronologically.

General Files

Series consists of publications, clippings, correspondence, event promotion materials (flyers and posters), and administrative records reflecting C.D.C.’s continuing activities following 1976. Series also consists of similar material from earlier era which was found among such records at time of accession. Records include promotional materials and reports on events including speakers and rallies, informational records about the Inter-American Development Bank, open letters and resolutions passed by various committees, and boycott and other labour activism materials.

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